Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 32
Light (a.) Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished; as, light coin.
Light (a.) Loose; sandy; easily pulverized; as, a light soil.
Light cavalry, Light horse (Mil.), Light-armed soldiers mounted on strong and active horses.
Light eater, One who eats but little.
Light infantry, Infantry soldiers selected and trained for rapid evolutions.
Light of foot. (a) Having a light step.
Light of foot. (b) Fleet.
Light of heart, Gay, cheerful.
Light oil (Chem.), The oily product, lighter than water, forming the chief part of the first distillate of coal tar, and consisting largely of benzene and toluene.
Light sails (Naut.), All the sails above the topsails, with, also, the studding sails and flying jib. -- Dana.
Light sleeper, One easily wakened.
Light weight, A prize fighter, boxer, wrestler, or jockey, who is below a standard medium weight. Cf. Feather weight, under Feather. [Cant]
To make light of, To treat as of little consequence; to slight; to disregard.
To set light by, To undervalue; to slight; to treat as of no importance; to despise.
Light (adv.) Lightly; cheaply. -- Hooker.
Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off. [Obs.]
From his head the heavy burgonet did light. -- Spenser.
Lighted (imp. & p. p.) of Light.
Lit () of Light.
Lighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Light.
Light (v. i.) To dismount; to descend, as from a horse or carriage; to alight; -- with from, off, on, upon, at, in.
When she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. -- Gen. xxiv. 64.
Slowly rode across a withered heath, And lighted at a ruined inn. -- Tennyson.
Light (v. i.) To feel light; to be made happy. [Obs.]
It made all their hearts to light. -- Chaucer.
Light (v. i.) To descend from flight, and rest, perch, or settle, as a bird or insect.
[The bee] lights on that, and this, and tasteth all. -- Sir. J. Davies.
On the tree tops a crested peacock lit. -- Tennyson.
Light (v. i.) To come down suddenly and forcibly; to fall; -- with on or upon.
On me, me only, as the source and spring Of all corruption, all the blame lights due. -- Milton.
Light (v. i.) To come by chance; to happen; -- with on or upon; formerly with into.
The several degrees of vision, which the assistance of glasses (casually at first lit on) has taught us to conceive. -- Locke.
They shall light into atheistical company. -- South.
And here we lit on Aunt Elizabeth, And Lilia with the rest. -- Tennyson.
Light (adv.) With few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" [syn: lightly, light].
Light (a.) Of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C" [ant: heavy].
Light (a.) (Used of color) Having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder" [syn: light, light-colored] [ant: dark].
Light (a.) Of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons" [ant: heavy].
Light (a.) Not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney" [ant: heavy].
Light (a.) Psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart" [ant: heavy].
Light (a.) Characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" [ant: dark].
Light (a.) (Used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" [syn: unaccented, light, weak].
Light (a.) Easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet."
Light (a.) (Used of soil) Loose and large-grained in consistency; "light soil."
Light (a.) (Of sound or color) Free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" [syn: clean, clear, light, unclouded].
Light (a.) Moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step" [syn: light, lightsome, tripping].
Light (a.) Demanding little effort; not burdensome; "light housework"; "light exercise."
Light (a.) Of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze" [ant: heavy].
Light (a.) (Physics, chemistry) Not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water" [ant: heavy].
Light (a.) Weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded].
Light (a.) Very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "light summer dresses."
Light (a.) Marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" [syn: abstemious, light(a)].
Light (a.) Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" [syn: light, scant(p), short].
Light (a.) Having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter."
Light (a.) Intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy."
Light (a.) Silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter" [syn: idle, light].
Light (a.) Designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck."
Light (a.) Having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet" [syn: light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free].
Light (a.) (Of sleep) Easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" [syn: light, wakeful].
Light (a.) Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" [syn: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton].
Light (n.) (Physics) Electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window" [syn: light, visible light, visible radiation].
Light (n.) Any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights" [syn: light, light source].
Light (n.) A particular perspective or aspect of a situation; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand."
Light (n.) The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" [syn: luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light].
Light (n.) An illuminated area; "he stepped into the light."
Light (n.) A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light" [syn: light, illumination].
Light (n.) The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" [syn: light, lightness].
Light (n.) A person regarded very fondly; "the light of my life."
Light (n.) Having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good" [syn: light, lighting] [ant: dark, darkness].
Light (n.) Mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?"
Light (n.) Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle, spark, light].
Light (n.) Public awareness; "it brought the scandal to light."
Light (n.) A divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul [syn: Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within].
Light (n.) A visual warning signal; "they saw the light of the beacon"; "there was a light at every corner."
Light (n.) A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" [syn: lighter, light, igniter, ignitor].
Light (v.) Make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" [syn: light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate].
Light (v.) Begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up" [syn: light up, fire up, light].
Light (v.) To come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn: alight, light, perch].
Light (v.) Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" [syn: ignite, light] [ant: blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out].
Light (v.) Fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" [syn: fall, light].
Light (v.) Alight from (a horse) [syn: unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down].
LIGHT, () LIfecycle Global Hyper Text.
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Light, () The offspring of the divine command (Gen. 1:3). "All the more joyous emotions of the mind, all the pleasing sensations of the frame, all the happy hours of domestic intercourse were habitually described among the Hebrews under imagery derived from light" (1 Kings 11:36; Isa. 58:8; Esther 8:16; Ps. 97:11).
Light came also naturally to typify true religion and the felicity it imparts (Ps. 119:105; Isa. 8:20; Matt. 4:16, etc.), and the glorious inheritance of the redeemed (Col. 1:12; Rev. 21:23-25). God is said to dwell in light inaccessible (1 Tim. 6:16). It frequently signifies instruction (Matt. 5:16; John 5:35). In its highest sense it is applied to Christ as the "Sun of righteousness" (Mal. 4:2; Luke 2:32; John 1:7-9). God is styled "the Father of lights" (James 1:17). It is used of angels (2 Cor. 11:14), and of John the Baptist, who was a "burning and a shining light" (John 5:35), and of all true disciples, who are styled "the light of the world" (Matt. 5:14).
Lights. () Those openings in a wall which are made rather for the admission of light, than to look out of. 6 Moore, C. B. 47; 9 Bing. R. 305; 1 Lev. 122; Civ. Code of Lo. art. 711. See Ancient Lights; Windows.
Lightable (a.) Such as can be lighted.
Light-armed (a.) Armed with light weapons or accouterments.
Light-boat (n.) Light-ship.
Lighte () imp. of Light, to alight.
Lighten (v. t.) 加亮，照亮，點亮，減輕，使輕鬆，閃出 To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets. [In this sense less common than light.]
A key of fire ran all along the shore, And lightened all the river with a blaze. -- Dryden.
Lighten (v. t.) To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten. [In this sense less common than enlighten.]
Lighten my spirit with one clear heavenly ray. -- Sir J. Davies.
Lighten (v. t.) To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
His eye . . . lightens forth Controlling majesty. -- Shak.
Lighten (v. t.) To free from trouble and fill with joy.
They looked unto him, and were lightened. -- Ps. xxxiv. 5.
Lighten (v. i.) 發亮，打閃，變輕 To descend; to light.
O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us. -- Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].
Lightened (imp. & p. p.) of Lighten.
Lightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lighten.
Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.
This dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion. -- Shak.
Lighten (v. i.) To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.
Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
Lighten (v. t.) To cheer; to exhilarate.
Lightens my humor with his merry jests. -- Shak.
Lighten (v.) Make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" [syn: {lighten}, {lighten up}, {buoy up}] [ant: {weigh down}, {weigh on}].
Lighten (v.) Reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey."
Lighten (v.) Become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" [syn: {lighten}, {lighten up}, {buoy up}]
Lighten (v.) Make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room" [syn: {brighten}, {lighten up}, {lighten}] [ant: {darken}].
Lighten (v.) Become lighter; "The room lightened up" [syn: {lighten}, {lighten up}] [ant: {darken}].
Lighten (v.) Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents" [syn: {relieve}, {lighten}].
Lighter (n.) One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
{Cigarette lighter} A small portable device which produces a flame when a button is pushed, carried on the person to allow one to light cigarettes conveniently, and taking the place of a match. It may have a reservoir of liquid fuel conveyed by a wick, or may contain compressed butane as the fuel.
Lighter (n.) (Naut.) A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.
{Lighter screw} (Mach.), A screw for adjusting the distance between the stones in a grinding mill by raising or lowering the bridgetree.
Lighter (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.
Lighter (n.) A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire [syn: {igniter}, {ignitor}, {lighter}].
Lighter (n.) Adevice for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" [syn: {lighter}, {light}, {igniter}, {ignitor}].
Lighter (n.) A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) [syn: {barge}, {flatboat}, {hoy}, {lighter}].
Lighter (v.) Transport in a flatbottom boat.
Lighterage (n.) The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
Lighterage (n.) The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
Lighterage (n.) The fee charged for carrying goods in lighters.
Lighterage (n.) The transportation of goods on a lighter.
Lightermen (n. pl. ) of Lighterman.
Lighterman (n.) A person employed on, or who manages, a lighter.
Lighterman (n.) Someone who operates a barge [syn: {lighterman}, {bargeman}, {bargee}].
Light-fingered (a.) Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts. -- Fuller. Light-foot
Light-fingered (a.) Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets; "a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen; "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time [syn: {light-fingered}, {nimble-fingered}].
Light-foot (a.) Alt. of Light-footed.
Light-footed (a.) Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris.
Opposite of {heavy-footed}. -- Tennyson.
Light-footed (a.) (Of movement) Having a light and springy step; "a light-footed girl" [ant: {heavy-footed}].
Lightful (a.) Full of light; bright. [R.] "Lightful presence." -- Marston.
Light-handed (a.) (Naut.) Not having a full complement of men; as, a vessel light-handed.
Light-handed (a.) Having a metaphorically delicate touch. {heavy-handed}
The translation is . . . light-handed . . . and generally unobtrusive. -- New Yorker.
Light-handed (a.) Having a metaphorically delicate touch; "the translation is...light-handed...and generally unobtrusive" -- New Yorker
Light-headed (a.) Disordered in the head; dizzy; delirious. [WordNet sense 1] -- Walpole.
Syn: faint, swooning, lightheaded.
Light-headed (a.) Thoughtless; heedless; volatile; unsteady; fickle; loose ; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; as, light-headed teenagers. "Light-headed, weak men." -- Clarendon.
Syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, lightheaded, silly. -- {Light"-head`ed*ness}, n.
Light-headed (a.) Weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: {faint}, {light}, {swooning}, {light-headed}, {lightheaded}].
Light-headed (a.) Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded}, {dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {giddy}, {light-headed}, {lightheaded}, {silly}].
Light-hearted (a.) Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry. --
{Light"-heart`ed*ly}, adv. -- {Light"-heart`ed*ness}, n.
Light-hearted (a.) Carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart" [syn: {blithe}, {blithesome}, {lighthearted}, {lightsome}, {light-hearted}].
Light-heeled (a.) Lively in walking or running; brisk; light-footed.
-men (n. pl. ) of Light-horseman.
Light-horseman (n.) A soldier who serves in the light horse. See under 5th {Light}.
Light-horseman (n.) (Zool.) A West Indian fish of the genus Ephippus, remarkable for its high dorsal fin and brilliant colors.
Lighthouses (n. pl. ) of Lighthouse.
Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos.
Lighthouse (n.) A tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: {beacon}, {lighthouse}, {beacon light}, {pharos}].
Lighthouse, (n.) A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a politician.
Lighting (n.) (Metal.) A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.
Lighting (n.) Having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good" [syn: {light}, {lighting}] [ant: {dark}, {darkness}].
Lighting (n.) Apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film.
Lighting (n.) The craft of providing artificial light; "an interior decorator must understand lighting."
Lighting (n.) The act of setting something on fire [syn: {ignition}, {firing}, {lighting}, {kindling}, {inflammation}].
Light-legged (a.) Nimble; swift of foot. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Lightless (a.) Destitute of light; dark. -- Shak.
Lightless (a.) Giving no light; "lightless stars `visible' only to radio antennae."
Lightless (a.) Without illumination; "came up the lightless stairs"; "the unilluminated side of Mars"; "through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets" [syn: {lightless}, {unilluminated}, {unlighted}, {unlit}].
Lightly (adv.) With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast. -- Pope.
Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. -- Milton.
Lightly (adv.) Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.
So mikle was that barge, it might not lightly sail. -- R. of Brunne.
Watch
what thou seest and lightly bring me word. -- Tennyson.
Lightly (adv.) Without deep impression.
The soft ideas of the cheerful note, Lightly received, were easily forgot. -- Prior.
Lightly (adv.) In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
At the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun . . . and afterward did more grievously afflict her. -- Is. ix. 1.
Lightly (adv.) With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
That lightly come, shall lightly go. -- Old Proverb.
They come lightly by the malt, and need not spare it. -- Sir W. Scott.
Lightly (adv.) Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.
Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or lightly appear before great personages. -- Jer. Taylor.
Lightly (adv.) Commonly; usually. [Obs.] -- Bp. Fisher.
The great thieves of a state are lightly the officers of the crown. -- B. Jonson.
Lightly (adv.) Without dejection; cheerfully. "Seeming to bear it lightly." -- Shak.
Lightly (adv.) Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
Matrimony . . . is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly. -- Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].
Lightly (adv.) Not chastely; wantonly. -- Swift.
Lightly (adv.) Without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly."
Lightly (adv.) With few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" [syn: {lightly}, {light}].
Lightly (adv.) With little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead" [syn: {lightly}, {softly}, {gently}].
Lightly (adv.) Indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning" [ant: {hard}, {heavily}, {intemperately}].
Lightly (adv.) With indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly."
Lightly (adv.) In a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: {thinly}, {lightly}] [ant: {thickly}].
Lightly (adv.) To a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented."
Lightly (adv.) Without deep impression.
Lightly (adv.) In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
Lightly (adv.) With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
Lightly (adv.) Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.
Lightly (adv.) Commonly; usually.
Lightly (adv.) Without dejection; cheerfully.
Lightly (adv.) Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
Lightly (adv.) Not chastely; wantonly.
-men (n. pl. ) of Lightman.
Lightman (n.) A man who carries or takes care of a light. -- T. Brown.
Light-minded (a.) Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.
Light-minded (a.) Showing inappropriate levity.
Syn: flippant. -- {Light"-mind`ed*ness}, n.
Light-minded (a.) Showing inappropriate levity [syn: {flippant}, {light-minded}].
Lightness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
Syn: Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease; facility.
Lightness (n.) Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room. -- Chaucer.
Lightness (n.) Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.
Lightness (n.) A feeling of joy and pride [syn: {elation}, {high spirits}, {lightness}].
Lightness (n.) The property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood" [syn: {lightness}, {weightlessness}] [ant: {heaviness}, {weightiness}].
Lightness (n.) The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble [syn: {agility}, {legerity}, {lightness}, {lightsomeness}, {nimbleness}].
Lightness (n.) Having a light color [ant: {darkness}].
Lightness (n.) The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" [syn: {light}, {lightness}].
Lightness (n.) The trait of being lighthearted and frivolous [syn: {lightsomeness}, {lightness}].
Lightning (n.) A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
Lightning (n.) The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. [R.]
{Ball lightning}, A rare form of lightning sometimes seen as a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth.
{Chain lightning}, Lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes.
{Heat lightning}, More or less vivid and extensive flashes of electric light, without thunder, seen near the horizon, esp. at the close of a hot day.
{Lightning arrester} (Telegraphy), A device, at the place where a wire enters a building, for preventing injury by lightning to an operator or instrument. It consists of a short circuit to the ground interrupted by a thin nonconductor over which lightning jumps. Called also {lightning discharger}.
{Lightning bug} (Zool.), A luminous beetle. See {Firefly}.
{Lightning conductor}, A lightning rod.
{Lightning glance}, A quick, penetrating glance of a brilliant eye.
{Lightning rod}, A metallic rod set up on a building, or on the mast of a vessel, and connected with the earth or water below, for the purpose of protecting the building or vessel from lightning.
{Sheet lightning}, A diffused glow of electric light flashing out from the clouds, and illumining their outlines. The appearance is sometimes due to the reflection of light from distant flashes of lightning by the nearer clouds.
Lightning (vb. n.) Lightening. [R.]
Compare: Electric current
Electric current, electrical current, () The movement of electrically charged particles, atoms, or ions, through solids, liquids, gases, or free space; the term is usually used of relatively smooth movements of electric charge through conductors, whether constant or variable. Sudden movements of charge are usually referred to by other terms, such as {spark} or {lightning} or {discharge}. In metallic conductors the electric current is usually due to movement of electrons through the metal. The current is measured as the rate of movement of charge per unit time, and is counted in units of amperes. As a formal definition, the direction of movement of electric current is considered as the same as the direction of movement of positive charge, or in a direction opposite to the movement of negative charge.
Electric
current may move constantly in a single direction, called {direct current}
(abbreviated {DC}), or may move alternately in one direction and
then the opposite direction, called {alternating current} (abbreviated
{AC}).
Lightning (n.) Abrupt electric discharge from
cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of
light.
Lightning (n.) The flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more.
Lightning, () Frequently referred to by the sacred writers (Nah. 1:3-6).
Thunder and lightning are spoken of as tokens of God's wrath (2 Sam. 22:15; Job 28:26; 37:4; Ps. 135:7; 144:6; Zech. 9:14). They represent God's glorious and awful majesty (Rev. 4:5), or some judgment of God on the world (20:9).
Light-o'-love (n.) An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
Light-o'-love (n.) Hence: A light or wanton woman.
Lightroom (n.) A small room from which the magazine of a naval vessel is lighted, being separated from the magazine by heavy glass windows.
Lights (n. pl.) The lungs of an animal or bird; -- sometimes coarsely applied to the lungs of a human being.
Light-ship (n.) (Naut.) (lightship, Light-ship), (n.) (Naut.) A vessel equipped like a lighthouse, carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation where a permanent lighthouse would be impracticable, to serve as a guide for mariners; as, the Ambrose lightship off New York was rammed and damaged in 1950 by the Santa Monica.
Lightsome (a.) Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright.
White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. -- Bacon.
Lightsome (a.) Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating.
That lightsome affection of joy. -- Hooker. -- {Light"some*ly}, adv. -- {Light"some*ness}, n.
Happiness may walk soberly in dark attire, as well as dance lightsomely in a gala dress. -- Hawthorne.
Lightsome (a.) Moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step" [syn: {light}, {lightsome}, {tripping}].
Lightsome (a.) Carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart" [syn: {blithe}, {blithesome}, {lighthearted}, {lightsome}, {light-hearted}].
Light-winged (a.) Having light and active wings; volatile; fleeting. -- Shak.
Lightwood (n.) Pine wood abounding in pitch, used for torches in the Southern United States; pine knots, dry sticks, and the like, for kindling a fire quickly or making a blaze.
Lightwood (n.) Tall Australian acacia yielding highly valued black timber [syn: {lightwood}, {Acacia melanoxylon}].
Lighty (a.) Illuminated. [Obs.] -- Wyclif. Light-year
Lign-aloes (n.) Aloes wood, or agallochum. See {Agallochum}.
Lign-aloes (n.) A fragrant tree mentioned in the Bible. -- Num. xxiv. 6.
Lign-aloes, () (only in pl., Heb. 'ahalim), a perfume derived from some Oriental tree (Num. 24:6), probably the agallochum or aloe-wood. (See {ALOES}).
Ligneous (a.) Made of wood; consisting of wood; of the nature of, or resembling, wood; woody.
It should be tried with shoots of vines and roots of red roses; for it may be they, being of a moreligneous nature, will incorporate with the tree itself. -- Bacon.
{Ligneous marble}, Wood coated or prepared so as to resemble marble.
Ligneous (a.) Consisting of or containing lignin or xylem; "ligneous (or woody) tissue."
Ligniferous (a.) Yielding or producing wood.
Lignification (n.) (Bot.) 木質化 A change in the character of a cell wall, by which it becomes harder. It is supposed to be due to an incrustation of lignin.
Ligniform (a.) Like wood.
Lignify (v. i.) (Bot.) To become wood.
Lignified (imp. & p. p.) of Lignify.
Lignifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lignify.
Lignify (v. t.) (Bot.) To convert into wood or into a ligneous substance.
Lignify (v.) Convert into wood or cause to become woody.
Lignin (n.) (Bot.) A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.
Note: Recent authors have distinguished four forms of this substance, naming them lignose, lignin, lignone, and lignireose.
Lignin (n.) A complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell walls of plants.
Ligniperdous (a.) (Zool.) Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects.
Lignireose (n.) (Bot.) See {Lignin}.
Lignite (n.) (Min.) Mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also {brown coal}, {wood coal}.
Lignite (n.) Intermediate between peat and bituminous coal [syn: {lignite}, {brown coal}, {wood coal}].
Lignite, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 174
Housing Units (2000): 111
Land area (2000): 0.139831 sq. miles (0.362161 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.139831 sq. miles (0.362161 sq. km)
FIPS code: 46540
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.876908 N, 102.562603 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58752
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Lignitic (a.) Containing lignite; resembling, or of the nature of, lignite; as, lignitic clay.
{Lignitic group}. See {Laramie Group}.
Lignitic group. See Laramie Group.
Compare: Lar´a`mie group`
Lar´a`mie group` (n.) (Geol.) An extensive series of strata, principally developed in the Rocky Mountain region, as in the Laramie Mountains, and formerly supposed to be of the Tertiary age, but now generally regarded as Cretaceous, or of intermediate and transitional character. It contains beds of lignite, often valuable for coal, and is hence also called the lignitic group. See Chart of Geology.
Lignitiferous (a.) Producing or containing lignite; lignitic.
Lignoceric (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech.
Lignone (n.) (Bot.) See Lignin. Lignose
Lignose (a.) Alt. of Lignous.